by John Zippert Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Shelby County Chapter of the NAACP with support from the statewide organization and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have...
Lucas L. Johnson II, ASSOCIATED PRESS BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man in the black-and-white photograph on Jim Emison’s desk seems to look right...
(Politico) – “Are you African-American?” For Rachel Dolezal, the question seemed almost rhetorical. The now embattled former president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the...
(CNN) – Ezra Dolezal would love to see his sister, Rachel, take a DNA test to prove whose version of the truth about her racial...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rachel Dolezal, born to white parents, self-identifies as black — a decision that illustrates how fluid identity can...
(The Huffington Post) – When news broke that Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane NAACP chapter president and a professor of African-American Studies at Eastern Washington University,...
(Denver Post) – Child sex assault charges leveled in Colorado last year against the brother of Rachel Dolezal, the embattled former Spokane, Wash., NAACP chapter president,...
(Politico) – Rachel Dolezal, the former president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, said Tuesday that the timing of the controversy surrounding her racial identity...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The president of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington, chapter has resigned as furor mounted over her racial identity, after her parents...
Nicholas K. Geranios, ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity...
(BuzzFeed) – A civil rights leader in Eastern Washington state has been passing herself off as black for years, her parents told local media. When reached by...
D.L. Chandler, NEWSONE MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (NewsOne) — The Atlantic Beach Bikefest, otherwise known as Black Bike Week, is the largest African-American motorcycle rally event in...
Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times While America and the rest of the world watch with shock and dismay as Black citizens are gunned...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist You won’t believe the latest tactics being used by the folks at the national and state levels of the NAACP....
Paul Walsh, THE STAR TRIBUNE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (The StarTribune) — Nekima Levy-Pounds, a college law professor who has been the voice and the face of the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of Black women and girls representing the Black Women’s Roundtable descended on the nation’s capital...
Special to the NNPA from Target Market News CHICAGO — Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the $20 billion lawsuit...
LUCAS L. JOHNSON II, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization on Wednesday urged Tennessee Republican leaders to...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Preventing future Fergusons will require dismantling the patterns of segregation established by decades of federal...
Sadie Gurman and Nicholas Riccardi, ASSOCIATED PRESS COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The man accused of setting off a small explosion last month that rattled...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist While recalling those commercials, featuring Andre Agassi (pro tennis player) saying, “Image is everything” and Billy Crystal’s “Saturday Night...
Sean Carlin and Geoff Mulvihill, ASSOCIATED PRESS BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — Elected officials, the state NAACP and local religious leaders said Friday they have confidence...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Whoever loves money never has enough.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10 I would offer that verse from the wisest man in history to...
SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Staff members at a Colorado NAACP office say they are waiting for more information before drawing any conclusions about...
